Monday! A great day for mermaids :)
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As many of you know, I went to New York last week to stay with my mother in Manhattan and see some old friends. We went to the new Whitney Museum downtown, and to the China exhibit at the Met with my friend David B., but a definite highlight was the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island!
An article on the parade :) In Time Out, maybe.
This is the third decade of the parade, but neither my mother nor I had ever gone. It was...quite a spectacle :) Enjoy!
Mermaids on the subway before the parade
Arriving at Coney Island
:)
One of many lobsters
Rather spectacular headgear
After the parade, on the boardwalk
Mermaids on the subway heading home
Some costumes were very creative :) Many mermaids took regular bras and hot-glued shells to them. There was a costume contest--I don't know who won--but the fun thing is that ANYONE can be in the parade for $35! So Cattus Minor and I are all excited about being in the parade next year :)
There were lots of King Neptunes, pirates, and jellyfish umbrellas :) There are more pix on my mother's phone, which I forgot to send to myself, but might next week.
Happy Monday, everyone! I have an appointment tomorrow and leave Tuesday, so please forgive me if I am an absent host.
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